scaly_piscine
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Finally got a half-decent action shot of a kingfisher (1/3000 sec with a 70-300mm lens & Canon 40D - will get a prime lens eventually). Been trying for a couple of weeks but the weather/Scrabble tournaments/annoying dog-walkers/luck have been against me.
From going down there daily I'm pretty sure there's a breeding pair of kingfishers with just the one young 'un which I got here (there's an adult partially obscured to the left of the photo, holding a fish - had to focus on the dull one didn't I...) I also think one of the young 'uns from around March/April time hangs out on their own. Saw loads of red admirals, commas and hawkers about whilst hanging around the concrete bridge with the green painted railings from where I took the photo. Haven't seen much of the heron lately, but I'm sure it's still around somewhere.
From going down there daily I'm pretty sure there's a breeding pair of kingfishers with just the one young 'un which I got here (there's an adult partially obscured to the left of the photo, holding a fish - had to focus on the dull one didn't I...) I also think one of the young 'uns from around March/April time hangs out on their own. Saw loads of red admirals, commas and hawkers about whilst hanging around the concrete bridge with the green painted railings from where I took the photo. Haven't seen much of the heron lately, but I'm sure it's still around somewhere.